How to use MSI mystic light
For more information of Mystic Light or Dragon Center software installation, please download the manual HERE.
FAQ
MYSTIC LIGHT software is an application, which users can either download from MSI website or via Dragon Center (Please refer to download page of your product), that allows you to control RGB LED light effects of MSI & partner products.
MSI Mystic Light SYNC is a feature of Mystic Light software which allows you to easily control all the colors and effects of Mystic Light Sync compatible product. Find the compatible MSI Product Here and compatible Partner product list Here.
- JRGB (4-Pin / PIN-definition: 12V/G/R/B): The JRGB pin header provides up to 3A (12V) power supply for non-addressable 5050 RGB LED solution showing single color.
- JRAINBOW (3-Pin / PIN-definition: 5V/D/-/G): The JRainbow pin header provides up to 3A (5V) power supply for addressable WS2812 RGB LED (ARGB) solution showing rainbow color.
- JCORSAIR (3-Pin / PIN-definition: 5V/D/G): The JCorsair pin header provides up to 3A (5V) power supply to Mystic Light software compatible CORSAIR devices.
The motherboard which has on-board RGB LED and Mystic Light Extension pin header, also is capable of showing multiple colors and effects.
- Check what kind of the RGB LED strips it is and find the matched pin-header on MSI Motherboard. Note: There are 3 types of pin headers on MSI Motherbaord.
- A JRGB (4-Pin): The JRGB male header is for non-addressable 5050 RGB LED strips which shows in single color.
- B JRAINBOW (3-Pin): The JRAINBOW male header is for addressable WS2812 RGB LED (ARGB) which shows in rainbow color.
- C JCORSAIR (3-Pin): The JCORSAIR male header is for Mystic Light software compatible CORSAIR devices.
Go to Motherboard icon tab in Mystic Light software and locate the matched pin-header option, then just simply adjust the light as you want.
- Make sure the device is correctly connected to your system. Unplug and re-plug it if necessary.
- If the step 1 does not work, close and restart Mystic Light software.
- If the step above does not work, restart your system and restart Mystic Light software.
Simply click the top-right chain icon to switch all detected devices to sync mode (If the devices are properly selected, the chain icon below each devices would be shown in red). Then choose the colors or effects as you want.
If the component or peripheral supports light speed and brightness adjustment feature, go to component or peripeheral icon and find the light speed or brightness bar below.
(Not all components and peripherals support this feature.)You may scan / update Mystic Light software via either Live Update or Dragon Center software.
(Please refer to software manual for detail procedure).Connect all Cosrair devices to proper connectors (ie. DRAM to DIMM slot, Fan to JCORSAIR pin or USB header), then control them via Mystic Light software.
Please note that conflict might occur between Mystic Light software and other lighting control software.
Make sure other software is close or uninstalled.- GAMING Laptop: GT75/GT63 Titan series, GS65/GS75 Stealth series, GE75/GE63 Raider series, GP75 Leopard series, GL73/GL63 series
With per-key RGB keyboard and 8 th gen Intel processor (or newer). - GAMING Motherboard: MEG Z390 GODLIKE / MEG Z390 ACE / MEG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC / MEG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC
- GAMING Desktop: Trident X Plus
- GAMING Graphics Card: GeForce RTX ™ 2080 Ti LIGHTNING Z / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 Ti LIGHTNING / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 Ti GAMING X TRIO / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 Ti GAMING TRIO / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 GAMING X TRIO / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 GAMING TRIO / GeForce RTX ™ 2070 GAMING Z / GeForce RTX ™ 2070 GAMING X / GeForce RTX ™ 2070 GAMING
- GAMING Monitor: Optix MPG27CQ2 / Optix MPG27CQ / Optix MPG27C
- GAMING Case: MPG GUNGNIR 100
- CPU Cooler: Core Forzr XL RGB
- Peripherals: Clutch GM50 GAMING Mouse
Can I Sync the RGB lightings of Ambient Devices such as Nanoleaf light panels and Philips Hue together with MSI device?
Currently the MSI Mystic Light x Nanoleaf Ambient link only syncs during gameplay, such as: ASSASSIN’S CREED: ODYSSEY DLC 2, so if the game is not in progress, these two devices do not sync. But, MSI is also working with other game developers; hopefully, we can release more games to work with MSI shortly.
Yes, MSI has created 9 exclusive preset lighting effects in the “Ambient Mode” tab of MSI Mystic Light, you can access on the default light effects without other additional set up.
Since those MSI exclusive effects are presetting, if you’d like to do customize set up on the Ambient Device, please check on the Ambient Device APP.Due to some different connection and hardware used, in some effects (just few of them) during game play, there is limitation on syncing all the different (brands) devices in the same time, but in order to provide great experience to all MSI users, our team is working towards on the improvement.
Yes, we are working on adding other big title games into the list, and will release to all of you soon.
Msi mystic light linux
I recently re-enabled the Mystic Light motherboard support in OpenRGB! The support was added early last year but was quickly disabled because it caused some RGB chips to brick. I’m happy to report that this is no longer the case. A bug was identified where the code was only sending 184 bytes rather than the correct 185, which seemed to be the culprit of the bricking issues.
I recently purchased an MSI MPG X570 Gaming Pro Carbon Wifi motherboard to test OpenRGB on to ensure the bricking issue was resolved, and after putting it through a lot of fast writes and testing all the available modes (of which only a subset are currently enabled), the board has remained fully functional with no bricking issues. I then opened it up for testing on the OpenRGB GitLab and Discord and others have also had success. I’ve only enabled the USB IDs of boards that have been verified to work for now. I’ve also enabled one USB ID for the older generation 162-byte Mystic Light chip which I have on my B450 Pro Carbon Wifi and this one has been thoroughly tested as well.
For untested boards there is currently no bricking risk either, but the Mystic Light code remains disabled so you will not be able to control these boards. If you have such a board, contact me on the OpenRGB Discord or via private message and I will walk you through the steps needed to verify your packet size (capturing packets from the official MSI Dragon Center) and then send you a link to a build with all the boards enabled. I would like to verify your board’s packet size before you test this build for safety reasons. I don’t want any more bricks.
If you did happen to brick your board’s RGB controller, either by using an old or development build of OpenRGB or somehow via Dragon Center/Mystic Light, I can also walk you through the steps to un-brick your RGB chip. You will need a ~$25 programming adapter to do this.
Get the latest development pipeline build of OpenRGB (which includes the tested Mystic Light boards) here:
The released OpenRGB builds don’t support Mystic Light boards right now. The upcoming 0.6 release will be the first to include it.
How to use MSI mystic light
For more information of Mystic Light or Dragon Center software installation, please download the manual HERE.
FAQ
MYSTIC LIGHT software is an application, which users can either download from MSI website or via Dragon Center (Please refer to download page of your product), that allows you to control RGB LED light effects of MSI & partner products.
MSI Mystic Light SYNC is a feature of Mystic Light software which allows you to easily control all the colors and effects of Mystic Light Sync compatible product. Find the compatible MSI Product Here and compatible Partner product list Here.
- JRGB (4-Pin / PIN-definition: 12V/G/R/B): The JRGB pin header provides up to 3A (12V) power supply for non-addressable 5050 RGB LED solution showing single color.
- JRAINBOW (3-Pin / PIN-definition: 5V/D/-/G): The JRainbow pin header provides up to 3A (5V) power supply for addressable WS2812 RGB LED (ARGB) solution showing rainbow color.
- JCORSAIR (3-Pin / PIN-definition: 5V/D/G): The JCorsair pin header provides up to 3A (5V) power supply to Mystic Light software compatible CORSAIR devices.
The motherboard which has on-board RGB LED and Mystic Light Extension pin header, also is capable of showing multiple colors and effects.
- Check what kind of the RGB LED strips it is and find the matched pin-header on MSI Motherboard. Note: There are 3 types of pin headers on MSI Motherbaord.
- A JRGB (4-Pin): The JRGB male header is for non-addressable 5050 RGB LED strips which shows in single color.
- B JRAINBOW (3-Pin): The JRAINBOW male header is for addressable WS2812 RGB LED (ARGB) which shows in rainbow color.
- C JCORSAIR (3-Pin): The JCORSAIR male header is for Mystic Light software compatible CORSAIR devices.
Go to Motherboard icon tab in Mystic Light software and locate the matched pin-header option, then just simply adjust the light as you want.
- Make sure the device is correctly connected to your system. Unplug and re-plug it if necessary.
- If the step 1 does not work, close and restart Mystic Light software.
- If the step above does not work, restart your system and restart Mystic Light software.
Simply click the top-right chain icon to switch all detected devices to sync mode (If the devices are properly selected, the chain icon below each devices would be shown in red). Then choose the colors or effects as you want.
If the component or peripheral supports light speed and brightness adjustment feature, go to component or peripeheral icon and find the light speed or brightness bar below.
(Not all components and peripherals support this feature.)You may scan / update Mystic Light software via either Live Update or Dragon Center software.
(Please refer to software manual for detail procedure).Connect all Cosrair devices to proper connectors (ie. DRAM to DIMM slot, Fan to JCORSAIR pin or USB header), then control them via Mystic Light software.
Please note that conflict might occur between Mystic Light software and other lighting control software.
Make sure other software is close or uninstalled.- GAMING Laptop: GT75/GT63 Titan series, GS65/GS75 Stealth series, GE75/GE63 Raider series, GP75 Leopard series, GL73/GL63 series
With per-key RGB keyboard and 8 th gen Intel processor (or newer). - GAMING Motherboard: MEG Z390 GODLIKE / MEG Z390 ACE / MEG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC / MEG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC
- GAMING Desktop: Trident X Plus
- GAMING Graphics Card: GeForce RTX ™ 2080 Ti LIGHTNING Z / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 Ti LIGHTNING / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 Ti GAMING X TRIO / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 Ti GAMING TRIO / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 GAMING X TRIO / GeForce RTX ™ 2080 GAMING TRIO / GeForce RTX ™ 2070 GAMING Z / GeForce RTX ™ 2070 GAMING X / GeForce RTX ™ 2070 GAMING
- GAMING Monitor: Optix MPG27CQ2 / Optix MPG27CQ / Optix MPG27C
- GAMING Case: MPG GUNGNIR 100
- CPU Cooler: Core Forzr XL RGB
- Peripherals: Clutch GM50 GAMING Mouse
Can I Sync the RGB lightings of Ambient Devices such as Nanoleaf light panels and Philips Hue together with MSI device?
Currently the MSI Mystic Light x Nanoleaf Ambient link only syncs during gameplay, such as: ASSASSIN’S CREED: ODYSSEY DLC 2, so if the game is not in progress, these two devices do not sync. But, MSI is also working with other game developers; hopefully, we can release more games to work with MSI shortly.
Yes, MSI has created 9 exclusive preset lighting effects in the “Ambient Mode” tab of MSI Mystic Light, you can access on the default light effects without other additional set up.
Since those MSI exclusive effects are presetting, if you’d like to do customize set up on the Ambient Device, please check on the Ambient Device APP.Due to some different connection and hardware used, in some effects (just few of them) during game play, there is limitation on syncing all the different (brands) devices in the same time, but in order to provide great experience to all MSI users, our team is working towards on the improvement.
Yes, we are working on adding other big title games into the list, and will release to all of you soon.